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Carole’s Dumb Diary
What was Carole thinking as she flew off at the end of Calculating Christmas to assume the role of Santa? I had a lot of fun writing her diary entries. I hope you enjoy reading them as well. Here’s the first five. November 24, 15th year of King Matt’s reign Nutmeg just handed me this…
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31% Done!
The edit of Diminishing Progress is still going well, but I’m finding myself increasingly pressed to get the 10% done each week. I put in the final 14 pages of this week’s edit on Saturday. I have a big project starting this week for one of my paying jobs. It will last for several weeks.…
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11% Done!
Calculating Christmas podio book update: I got two chapters recorded last week! Here are the things I’ve noticed about myself as I’ve recorded: It’s much easier for me to read and record dialogue. Thankfully, it’s one of the things I write the best, so there’s a lot of it in the book! Carole is SOOOO…
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Book 5 Has Officially Started!
Before I get to the big news , here are some other Lily related updates: Calculating Christmas recording project: I had planned to be in a better position with my recording and have several chapters already recorded so that if life interrupted my plans, I’d still have another chapter or two in the pipeline ready…
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Diminishing Progress Editing Log
For 1.23.23 Opening Stats: Word Count: 166400 Page Count: 569 Percentage Progress: 68.5 Things Googled while editing/researching: Japanese surnames how many fairy tales use a rule of three dragged or drug [dragged is correct] the Crane Wife folktale [this is why I looked up so many Japanese related things today. Lily and her family is…
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Editing Log for Diminishing Progress
Entry for 1.12.23 Opening stats: Total word count: 167,021 Total page count: 569 Percentage Progress: 60.6 Things I Googled as I edited: mountain flowers synonyms for playground lie vs lay (I Google this one a lot) castle keep per diem Ending stats: Total word count: 166,648 Total page count: 569 Percentage Progress: 63.7
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Diminishing Progress Editing Update
Entry for 12.29.22: Opening stats: Word count: 168,389 Total number of pages: 573 Progress percentage: 54.1% Things I Googled to research: actually nothing this time. I did have to go back up into the manuscript a couple of times to change things which took a good bit of my time. Ending stats: Word count: 167,841…
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Fairy Tales (as read by Lily Sparrow)
It’s no secret that Lily has a unique perspective on fairy tales. What are her initial thoughts as she reads the tales? Her comments will be in brackets and underlined, like [this]. The Twelve Dancing Princesses Once upon a time there was a king who had twelve daughters, each more beautiful than the other. [How…
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Diminishing Progress Editing Log
Entry for 12.13.22: Opening stats: Word count: 169,057 Total number of pages: 575 Progress percentage: 47.3% Things I Googled to research: Printable blank calendar–I use these to track what’s going on in the story, specifically I needed to know how many days it had been since Lily had spoken to………… What to call an older…
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